Verse 21
and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 19:13 : 13 thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
- Matt 5:38-39 : 38 `Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; 39 but I -- I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
- Exod 21:23-25 : 23 and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
- Lev 24:17-21 : 17 `And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death. 18 `And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body. 19 `And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him; 20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him. 21 `And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth `the life of' man is put to death;